coryphée

noun4

1. •
   A ballet dancer ranking above a member of the corps de ballet and below a soloist.

   • Mademoiselle Coralie Montmorrillion, a talented artiste from the grand opera, at Paris, and now principal coryphée at the theatre royal— [...] — 1839
2. •
   The chief or leader of an interest or party.

   • [...] Louis the Fourteenth,—that glory, / That Coryphée of all crown'd pates, / That pink of the Legitimates— [...] — 1823
3. •
   (historical) The conductor or leader of the chorus of a drama.
4. •
   Synonym of coryphaeus.